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Dedication: To Douglas Stewart
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Epigraph: ... nothing mattered in life ... only this keen joy, acknowledging the beauty of attack: running towards a man in battle to kill him, falling on a woman in making love. I thought, I am glad I have believed and felt this way once; it is false but only someone who has gone through the believing can bear witness to its falsehood. - A Walk with Love and Death, Hans Koningsberger
In the past, he said to himself, whole civilizations have gone underwater .... The agony was not caused by the fact that music, like writing, could suddenly vanish from the earth, but because he could not decide whether such a thing would matter to him. - The General, Allan Sillitoe
I told her of the centuries coming when our names would be forgotten, of the millennia when our nations would be a myth and our continent an ocean, of the aeons when our earth would be vanished and the stars themselves diffused. - Pigeon Feathers, John Updike
Contents
- The Fever Birdi"Mechanical through the gate,", single work poetry (p. 1)
- The Fini"Bubbles, ripples, plunges and leaps", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Perimeteri"Perimeters like planetary circles", single work poetry (p. 3)
- The Mavis-Notei"The eagles have come down to earth,", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Time on Earthi"Notice we still have time for wars on earth.", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Speaking of Wars : Remembering Bougainvillei"Speaking of wars, let me speak of mine.", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Asia at St Paul'si"Suddenly out of Asia came the faces.", single work poetry (p. 7)
- The Terni"The ships blew in,", single work poetry (p. 8)
- The Brown Islandi"We were patient and we conquered. The island", single work poetry (p. 9)
- The Claudia from Koningsberger and Catullus : Northern France 1358:i"We thought of love because of war.", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Broken Fingersi"It damned us both,", single work poetry (p. 11-12)
- Silencei"Confer on me, you lovely bitch,", single work poetry (p. 13)
- The Sabrei"There is a hope imparted", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Question of Lovei"That tear I can not dry,", single work poetry (p. 15-17)
- Blossoms Mean Omensi"It was her wish, as summer circled in", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Death of a Morning (Jon Molvig 1923-70)i"A man my age died this morning,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Night Dogi"The dog barks at the night", single work poetry (p. 20)
- A Man, Rememberedi"Might fall into, in the antarctic night,", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Nebuchadnezzar's Kingdom-Comei"Daniel in the the lion's den", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Song of the Middle Easti"Solomon son of David, golden king,", single work poetry (p. 23)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Australian Poets
1976
single work
review
— Appears in: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature , April vol. 10 no. 3 1976; (p. 75-78)
— Review of Where the Wind Came : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Australian Poetry 1971 1971 anthology poetry ; Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Snow and Other Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; The Pen of Feathers : Poems 1971 selected work poetry -
Sluggish Muse
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 March 1972; (p. 19)
— Review of Where the Wind Came : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; The Pen of Feathers : Poems 1971 selected work poetry -
[Review] Poet's Choice 1972 [et al]
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Australian , 16 January 1972; (p. 20)
— Review of Poet's Choice 1972 1972 periodical issue anthology ; Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; The Pen of Feathers : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Kenneth Slessor 1977 single work criticism ; Australian Poetry 1971 1971 anthology poetry -
Private Poets
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 8 January vol. 94 no. 4788 1972; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Where the Wind Came : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; The Pen of Feathers : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; End of Dream-Time 1971 selected work poetry ; The First-Born and Other Poems 1970 selected work poetry -
Some Recent Australian Poetry
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 43 1972; (p. 59-64)
— Review of Winter Matins, and Other Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; The Pen of Feathers : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; You Can Hear Grass Grow 1971 selected work poetry ; Condolences of the Season : Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; End of Dream-Time 1971 selected work poetry
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Some Recent Australian Poetry
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 43 1972; (p. 59-64)
— Review of Winter Matins, and Other Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; The Pen of Feathers : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; You Can Hear Grass Grow 1971 selected work poetry ; Condolences of the Season : Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; End of Dream-Time 1971 selected work poetry -
Private Poets
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 8 January vol. 94 no. 4788 1972; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Where the Wind Came : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; The Pen of Feathers : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; End of Dream-Time 1971 selected work poetry ; The First-Born and Other Poems 1970 selected work poetry -
[Review] Poet's Choice 1972 [et al]
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Australian , 16 January 1972; (p. 20)
— Review of Poet's Choice 1972 1972 periodical issue anthology ; Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; The Pen of Feathers : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Kenneth Slessor 1977 single work criticism ; Australian Poetry 1971 1971 anthology poetry -
Sluggish Muse
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 March 1972; (p. 19)
— Review of Where the Wind Came : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; The Pen of Feathers : Poems 1971 selected work poetry -
Living Myths and Modern Poets
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , Spring [November] vol. 10 no. 1971; (p. 186)
— Review of The Poems of Dorothea Mackellar 1971 collected work poetry ; The Pen of Feathers : Poems 1971 selected work poetry
Awards
- 1970 second Captain Cook Bicentenary Awards — Poetry Section